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Essays 181 - 210
of participating in Forms consists (as he holds in the Phaedo) in taking the Forms apart, with the result that nothing remains: 1)...
ever voted, by a tenth part of those who were bound to pay obedience to it " (Hume PG). One can take this notion a step further an...
even more challenging. He takes dualism to its logical end by insisting that we not only cannot prove that the matter exists, but ...
He asserted that evidence that God exists in a singular or plural context because it has become universally accepted as truth (135...
This, he asserted, was mans freedom of the will, in which people are able to determine their own choices, rather than be automatic...
It is here that the concept of utility arises. Hume asserts that qualities are valued either for their agreeableness, either to t...
for others, such as Bentham and Mill. One of the positions for which Hume is famous is that we cannot derive ought from is, in oth...
In eleven pages this report discusses how Hume's skeptical views shaped his perceptions regarding good taste and art with the writ...
In six pages this research paper contrasts and compares these men's philosophical perspectives on God's existence. Four sources a...
determines that moral decisions are established as a result of moral sentiment rather than understanding. In the first section o...
rather selfish but perhaps it is true. Hume further believes that that the house also produces pleasure, which in turn produces pr...
of the foundational ideas of philosophy. According to him, the problem of evil posed a philosophical threat to the design argumen...
In five pages this research paper considers Hume's philosophical text in an overview of its structure and main points. Six source...
This research report looks at Hume and Descartes and their ideas about reason. It is claimed that Hume minimized the use of reason...
In five pages this paper discusses Hume's knowledge of the world theory and his rejection of causality and induction. One source ...
In five pages this essay discusses Hume's opposition to the a posteriori argument regarding the divine 'Designer' of the cosmos. ...
In six pages this paper examines how knowledge theories are philosophically conceptualized by Kant, Hume, Spinoza, and Descartes. ...
personal desire to do so, rather than depending upon automatic reaction or stimulation. "The skeptic, therefore, had better keep ...
discover) the truth or falsity of propositions about past and present events, propositions about the future seem problematic. If a...
style to be clear and unbiased. These were then categories by qualified psychologies into one of three groups, behavioural therapy...
a "relentless critic of metaphysics and religion" (David Hume, 2002). Hume argued that "our purely philosophical conceptions of G...
would be clearly dependent upon the eye of the beholder. Therefore, the conclusions were not judgments, per se, but were response...
all that man can know, as well for the conduct of his life as for the preservation of his health and the discovery of all the arts...
be certain, since the process of acquiring such information is inherently flawed. Not an altogether optimistic philosophy to be s...
than just reasoning and experience anyway. Deductive and causal reasoning are two types but it is still not construed as adequate ...
In five pages Hume's views on morality are discussed in terms of their origins and arguments against limiting self serving actions...
In five pages material substance concepts are considered in this contrasting and comparison of three philosophical perspectives wi...
In six pages this paper denotes similarities and differences in the philosophies of Plato and Hume regarding God, morality, and hu...
men for the society in which they develop. Youngs concepts of justice and mans role in society appear to challenge those prese...
In six pages this paper discusses how Plato's Euthyphro would be received by Hume and Kant in a consideration of family duty, love...